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Results of Impaired Driving Enforcement.

(March 20, 2023) - The Cape Coral Police Department conducted an impaired driving enforcement (Operation Remember:  Drive Sober Amidst the Shillelaghs, Shamrocks, and Shenanigans) on March 17, 2023, targeting impaired driving. This operation was conducted citywide and resulted in twenty-nine citations. No driver was stopped without a seatbelt.

We remind and thank the motoring public for always wearing their seatbelts.

The detailed results are as follows:

OPERATION TIME: 06:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

TOTAL TRAFFIC STOPS: 30
WARNINGS: 5
SPEED CITATIONS: 11
SEATBELT CITATIONS: 00
MOVING CITATIONS: 23
NON-MOVING CITATIONS: 3
OPEN CONTAINER (DRIVER): 00
OPEN CONTAINER (PASSENGER): 00
.02 VIOLATION: 00
CRIMINAL CITATIONS: 00
CITATIONS (TOTAL): 29
DUI ARRESTS: 03
ARRESTS (OTHER): 01 (traffic)

 Hatton

ARRESTED: Sandra Marie Hatton (W/F 01-30-1947, 841 SW 47th Ter)
CHARGES: DUI-Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.

Chapman

ARRESTED: Jonathan Chapman (W/M 04-20-1999, 2216 North 52nd Ave. St. Petersburg, FL)
CHARGES: DUI-Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.

Mello 

ARRESTED: James D. Mello (W/M 07-21-1956, 1616 Cape Coral Pkwy E)
CHARGES: DUI-Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.

The operation was paid for with FDOT sub-grant funding.  Cape Coral currently ranks 7th out of 37 agencies in Impaired Driving for traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the Highway Safety Matrix – Ranking of Florida. To improve traffic safety in the City, the Department has partnered with FDOT’s Traffic Safety Office to bring additional enforcement and education through the implementation of saturation patrols.

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